1. Incentive and Sanction Policy Workforce New York One Stop System Performance A Review of the Past Year and a Look Ahead to the New Program Year. NYATEP Albany, New York June 10, 2008

2. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 1 Agenda 1.Key Objectives of the Incentive/Sanction Policy 2.How is Program Year (PY) 2007 Shaping-up  System Improvement Indicators  Common Measures 3.How is PY 2008 Shaping-up  System Improvement Indicators  Common Measures 4.Questions and Answers

3. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 2 Key Objectives 1.Identify aspects of One Stop service delivery deemed important for the Program Year (PY), including:  System Improvement.  Common Measures. 2.Establish Performance indicators. 3.State Goal for each indicator. 4.Local Workforce Investment (LWIA) Goals for each indicator. (based on the concept of Contribution to the State Goal) 5.“Standards” – To gauge: Incentive performance. Unsatisfactory performance.

4. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 3 Key Objectives 6.Comply with administrative responsibilities for the WIA Title 1B, W-P, VETS and TAA programs. Tie Incentive Grant eligibility to spending. 7.Allow an incentive award on an individual indicator. 8.Make sure we do not fail any Common Measures. 9.Establishes two Sanction Levels for Common Measures.  Sanction Level 1 – Performance Improvement Plan.  Sanction Level 2 – Includes a 3% fiscal sanction. 10.Allow LWIAs opportunity to negotiate their LWIA Goals.

5. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 4 How is PY 2007 Shaping-up System Improvement Indicators  Reemployment Services Implementation  Increase Out-of-School Youth Participation  Increase Training and Skills Development Services  Improve Entered Employment Rate (EER) and Employment Retention Rate (ERR) performance Common Measures  Adult – EER, ERR and Average Earnings (AE)  Dislocated Worker – EER, ERR and AE  Youth (Placement in Employment or Education, Attainment of Degree or Certificate, Literacy & Numeracy Gain)

6. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 5 How is PY 2007 Shaping-up System Improvement Indicators  Reemployment Services Implementation  Only one region is likely to meet the 95% incentive goal for all three indicators.  Technical Assistance will be offered, especially for the Triage (Initial Assessment) indicator.  Increase Out-of-School Youth Participation  11 LWIAs have already met the incentive goal for this Improvement Indicator.  8 LWIAs are on pace to meet the goal.

7. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 6 How is PY 2007 Shaping-up System Improvement Indicators  Increase Training and Skills Development Services  20 LWIAs have already met the incentive goal for this Improvement Indicator.  5 LWIAs are on pace to meet the goal.  Improve EER and ERR performance – By Reducing the # of participants who exit while still certifying for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits.  13 LWIAs are currently at or below the incentive goal.

8. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 7 How is PY 2007 Shaping-up Common Measures  Adult  Entered Employment Rate (EER) 18 LWIAs are in incentive status.  Employment Retention Rate (ERR) All LWIAs are currently passing this measure.  Average Earnings (AE) All LWIAs are currently passing this measure.

9. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 8 How is PY 2007 Shaping-up Common Measures  Dislocated Worker  Entered Employment Rate (EER) There are no LWIAs currently in incentive status.  Employment Retention Rate (ERR) All LWIAs are currently passing this measure.  Average Earnings (AE) 26 LWIAs are currently passing this measure

10. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 9 How is PY 2007 Shaping-up Common Measures  Youth  Placement in Employment or Education All LWIAs are currently passing this measure  Attainment of Degree or Certificate All LWIAs are currently passing this measure  Literacy & Numeracy Gain 25 LWIAs are currently passing this measure

11. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 10 How is PY 2008 Shaping-up System Improvement Indicators  Promote Regional System Improvement.  Promote Out-of-School Youth Participation.  Promote Training and Skills Development Services.  Promote EER and ERR Performance Improvement. Common Measures  Promote Adult & DW EER.  Do not fail Adult, DW and Youth measures.

12. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 11 How is PY 2008 Shaping-up Regional System Improvements  Reemployment Services Initial Assessment  Timely Initial Assessment.  Timely scheduling and rescheduling of first service.  Common ITA policies across all LWIAs in a region.  One-time incentive award for regional alignment of LWIA ITA policies (requirements and procedures).

13. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 12 How is PY 2008 Shaping-up Increase Out-of-School Youth Participation  The goal will be based on new participants. Carry-ins will not be included in the goal.

14. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 13 How is PY 2008 Shaping-up  Increase Training and Skills Development Services A separate goal for skills development and for training services:  Training – maintain at PY07 levels  Skills Development – increase by 35% over PY07 levels  Promote Training in Priority Sectors 25% or more of training services (unduplicated) are in a priority sector:  For 13N Awardees – In sectors identified in the grant.  For non-13N Regions – In State’s three priority sectors: Advanced Manufacturing; Healthcare; and Green Renewable Resources.

15. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 14 How is PY 2008 Shaping-up Improve EER and ERR performance, by Reducing the # of Participants who Exit While Still Certifying for Unemployment Insurance Benefits  The new incentive goal will be 10%

16. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 15 How is PY 2008 Shaping-up Common Measures – State Goals PY 2008  Adult  EER = 61% (Incentive Award)  ERR = 82%  AE = $12,625  Dislocated Worker  EER = 61% (Incentive Award)  ERR = 82%  AE = $15,980  Youth  Placement in Employment or Education = 52%  Attainment of Degree or Certificate = 40%  Literacy & Numeracy Gain = 35%

17. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 16 Questions and Answers

18. 06-10-2008Incentive/Sanction Overview 17 Thank You and have a great Conference! Thank You and have a great Conference!